Shamshad Begum

Shamshad Begum was an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Notable for her distinctive voice and range, she sang over 6,000 songs in Hindustani, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Punjabi languages, among which 1287 were Hindi film songs. She worked with renowned composers of the time, such as Naushad Ali and O. P. Nayyar, for whom she was one of their favorites. Her songs from the 1940s to the early 1970s remain popular and continue to be remixed.

14 April 1919

Born on the same birth date (14 April 1919): K. Saraswathi Amma

Born on the same birth day (14 April): Anastasios Papaligouras • Faisal of Saudi Arabia • Frank Serpico • Jan Boklöv • K. Saraswathi Amma • Luke Priddis • Martin Lipp • Martyn LeNoble • Mary Healy (entertainer) • Moritz Schlick • Paddy Hopkirk • Péter Esterházy • Roberto Mejía • Shorty Rogers • William Obeng

Born in the same month (April 1919): Billy Vaughn • Chavela Vargas • Clairette Oddera • Delfo Cabrera • Don Cornell • Gilles Lamontagne • Gérard Oury • Howard Keel • István Anhalt • John Houbolt • Madalyn Murray O'Hair • Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece) • Oleg Penkovsky • Pedro Ramírez Vázquez • Roger Doucet • Roger Lemelin • Roland Gaucher